Chiellini stated Friday that he felt the ban was excessive. That was days after he indicated he felt FIFA would do nothing to Suarez because they wanted their “stars on the field.”

Maradona weighed in on the subject on his television show Thursday night. He wore a t-shirt that read “Luisito Estamos Con Vos,” which translates to “Luis we are with you.”

“The FIFA sanction is shameful,” he said. “They have no sensitivity towards the fans. They might as well handcuff him and throw him in Guantanamo.”

Maradona is familiar with the kind of trouble Suarez is involved in.

He had a longtime cocaine addiction. In 1994, he was removed from the World Cup after testing positive for five variants of ephedrine, a stimulant banned by soccer's international governing body. He’s also had numerous battles with the Italian government over tax evasion.

If anyone knows what it’s like to operate outside the parameters of rules, it’s Maradona.

“It hurts that they have cut short the career of a lad who is a winner. It's an excessive suspension. FIFA cannot talk about morals to anyone.

“Suarez didn't kill anyone. This is an unjust punishment, the act of an incredible mafia.”

Maradona interviewed Uruguay's president Jose Mujica during the program who continued to assert that no one except Uruguay understood the issue.

“We Uruguayans are full of anger. Those coming from below do not understand anything,” Mujica said.